The median home in Medford, Massachusetts is valued at $813,606, up 0.8% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $3,208, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 21.1x — well above the national average of 18x. Medford is part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area, which CrashWatch tracks daily with real-time stress scores and crash risk analysis.
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Home Value$813,606
+0.8%
Rent$3,208/mo
AFFORDABILITYRenting $1,870/mo cheaper ($3,208 rent)6.50% 30yr, 20% down, county tax + MA ins. 28% per HUD.
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$162,721 on $813,606
Out of reach — 81.2% of income
Need $217,629/yr to afford.
PITI$5,078
P/I81.2%
Afford$280K
Gap-$533K
P&I $4,114Tax $814Ins $150
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